GREENBERRY THOMPSON, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Montfort; was born in Jackson Co., Ill., Jan. 15, 1815; his parents removed to Arkansas when he was a child, but afterward returned to Illinois, where they resided till their decease; he was one of the early settlers of Grant Co.; came to the county in April, 1846, and settled where he now lives about 1848. He was married in Illinois to Charlotte Henderson, born in Jackson Co., Ill.; they have eight children - General Marion, Jefferson Lafayette, William Spencer, Serena, Sophronia, Ephraim, Olive and Emma; lost one daughter.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.